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...even though half of those polled had never seen one of his commercials. Checchi was stuck in second place, with 17%, and Harman dropped from first to third, with 11%. The percentages are low because the June 2 primary is open to all voters; the Democrats will share the ballot with the G.O.P. candidate, state attorney general Dan Lungren, who is running virtually unopposed (and took 27% in the poll). To win the Democratic nomination, a candidate needs only about 25% of the vote...
California Republicans have railed against bilingual education for years, accusing it of producing a culturally alien, economically hopeless immigrant underclass. So when millionaire businessman Ron Unz placed a measure on this June's ballot that would abolish the program, the state G.O.P. jumped onboard, right? Not exactly. "I have not endorsed [Proposition 227]. I will not put a penny into it," says state party chairman Michael Schroeder. The likely G.O.P. gubernatorial nominee, Dan Lungren, hasn't taken a position. Neither has Bill Leonard, the party's leader in the state assembly...
...lost, but maybe only in the short term. He sharpened his grievance to a very fine point. It's now aimed straight at organized labor--and not incidentally, the Democratic Party--in every part of the country. With two other conservative activists, he drew up Proposition 226, a ballot initiative that California voters will decide on June 2. It would require unions to get annual written permission from each member before using any part of membership dues for political purposes...
...ways that favored Democrats. Now the G.O.P., which tried and failed two years ago to get a bill nearly identical to Prop. 226 through Congress, is hoping that 226 will propel the dues-permission idea across the U.S. At least eight states are considering the same kind of ballot measure. Supporters of 226 say it's a fairness issue. Why should union members have to finance campaigns for candidates or ideas that the workers may not support? In recent years some California unions have backed the controversial initiative to legalize medical marijuana and opposed the popular referendum on illegal aliens...
...models and other celebrities' pictures do anything for national morale, has started a campaign of his own--for Hank the Angry, Drunken Dwarf. And Stern and friends are succeeding: Hank, the Angry, Drunken Dwarf, is so popular that he has gone from write in to actually being on the ballot. Not to mention the fact that he leads the next contender, Leonardo DiCaprio, by 153,872 votes...